ANOHNI And The Johnsons Share New Single Sliver Of Ice
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: ANOHNI with Nomi Ruiz c. Rebis Music 2023
ANOHNI and the Johnsons have released a new single called Sliver Of Ice.
It marks the second single from their new album, 'My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross', due out on July 7 via Secretly Canadian/Rough Trade.
Inspired by some of the last words that Lou Reed said to her before he passed away in 2013, the track builds around the British-born, New York-based artist's soulful vocals, unfurling over plaintive guitar strummed by the record's producer Jimmy Hogarth.
ANOHNI said of the song: "A friend of mine expressed to me in the final months of his life that the simplest sensations had begun to feel almost rapturous; a carer had placed a shard of ice on his tongue one day and it was such a sweet and unbelievable feeling that it caused him to weep with gratitude. He was a hardcore kind of guy and these moments were transforming the way he was seeing things. I wrote Sliver Of Ice, remembering those words of his."
The previously shared It Must Change will also appear on the LP, which marks ANOHNI's first studio release credited to the Johnsons since 2010's 'Swanlights', though she did put out her solo debut 'Hopelessness' in 2016, followed by the companion 'Paradise' EP a year later.
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